5-stars Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War “Goddamn airplane is made out of balonium.” Fighter pilot John Boyd had an extremely low tolerance for bullshit. In a remarkable three decade career of military service, Boyd exhibited near-mythical talent, range, and insight. As a tragic genius, he has few parallels in American history. He began as an unbeatable
5-stars Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage Shackleton's stoic struggle against the ravages of the Antarctic is one of the greatest stories I've ever heard. In "Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage", Lansing reconstructs the perilous existence of Shackleton and his crew of 27 scrappy shipwrecked adventurers as they scraped out an existence on desolate icy seas
3-stars Team of Teams: New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World "Team of Teams" was not bad for a celebrity business book. McChrystal effectively managed a remote workforce of thousands through his daily Operations & Intelligence meetings - I'm going to try to implement some of his ideas in SilviaTerra's weekly meeting. But really, the most interesting (and controversial)
